Bounce n’ Boogie, LLC

Preschoolers Workshops

Director – Emily Piper (505)205-6342

5505 Osuna Rd NE Suite E and F

Albuquerque, NM 87109

Dear Parent(s) and Caregivers,

Welcome to Bounce n’ Boogie, LLC Preschoolers Workshops! We are excited to embark on a journey into the arts with your child this year. Please familiarize yourself with our handbook and sign the agreement contract at the end of this packet. Feel free to call if you have any questions.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to develop a foundation in literacy, mathematics and science utilizing integrated and imaginative play that is grounded in music, movement and visual arts.

"...For it is the movements of their body that create the pathways in their mind for reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, and creative thinking." Susan Johnson, MD

Philosophy

“A close look at what constitutes the best kind of experience for infants and young children leads quickly to the arts. From a baby’s first lullaby, to a three-year-old’s experimentation with finger paint, to a seven-year-old’s dramatization of a favorite story, developmentally appropriate arts experience is critical. For all children, at all ability levels, the arts play a central role in cognitive, motor, language, and social-emotional development. The arts motivate and engage children in learning, stimulate memory and facilitate understanding, enhance symbolic communications, promote relationships, and provide an avenue for building competence. The arts are natural for young children. Child development specialists note that play is the business of young children; play is the way children promote and enhance their development. The arts are a most natural vehicle for play.” The Arts Education Partnership

So essentially we believe that preschoolers love to move and groove and by directing this energy, we can enrich their minds with essential information that will not only prepare them for school, but also inspire them to be life long learners!

Non-Discrimination Statement

Bounce n’ Boogie, LLC does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national and ethnic origin, disability, religion, sex or sexual orientation in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, and other school-administered programs.

Preschoolers Workshops - Hours of Operation

Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30-11:30 or 12:30

Choose 1, 2, or 3 days per week

Choose 3 or 4 hours per week

Preschoolers Workshops - Session Dates for 2013-2014

Preschoolers Workshops will run in 8 week sessions throughout the year.

Workshop 15 (October 7th – November 26th) – No class on Monday, Nov 11th for Veteran’s Day

Workshop 16 (December 2nd – Dec 19th and Jan 6th –Feb 6th) – No class Jan 20th for MLK Jr Day

Workshop 17 (February 10th- April 3rd ) – No class on Monday, February 17th for President’s Day

Workshop 18 (April 17th –June 5th) – No class week of April 14th (spring break); no class Mon, May 26th)

Workshop 19 (June 9th – July 31st) – summer session

Tuition

Cost is all inclusive! There are NO other fees or taxes

1 Morning (Monday) 8:30-11:30 AM$ 84 /month($168 /8 week session –Prorated for 7 actual class days

due to holidays)

2 Mornings (T/Th) 8:30-11:30 AM $ 190 /month($380 /8 week session)

3 Mornings (M/T/Th) 8:30-11:30 AM$ 245 /month($490 / 8 week session)

Lunch & Play (Monday) 11:30-12:30 PM$ 20 /month($ 40 / 8 week session) – Must pack a sack lunch for child.

Lunch & Play (T/Th) 11:30-12:30 PM $ 35 /month($ 70 / 8 week session) – Must pack a sack lunch for child.

Lunch & Play (M/T/Th) 11:30-12:30 PM$ 50 /month($100 / 8 week session) – Must pack a sack lunch for child.

* Younger siblings receive a 10% discount.

** Families enrolled in Preschoolers Workshops receive $20 off of unlimited monthly classes or $15 off of the one class / week option.

Registration

To register for one or multiple Workshops:

  1. Download a registration form at or pick up one at the suite.
  2. Turn in Form with at least first month’s tuition by cash, check, or auto-draft. OR

Sign Auto Draft Form for scheduled monthly tuition drafts.

(please note: unless you are paying in full for ALL registered workshops, you must sign an auto-draft form for scheduled monthly tuition drafts for the remainder of the workshops you are registered for.)

Arrival

Please arrive promptly at 8:30. You may wait in the entrance area beforehand, but children will not be admitted into the classroom until 8:30.Upon entering the building, please sign your child in and drop off any belongings at the cubbies. You will then walk your child to his designated starting room. After dropping off your child, we ask all parentswho would like to socialize and share with each other to please do so outside of thebuilding.

Departure

Please be prompt in picking up your child at 11:30 or 12:30. No childmay leave school with anyone other than a parent unless designated in writing by the parent. We will ask for photo identification if the person is new to us. No child mayever be picked up by a sibling or youth younger than 16 years of age. No child will beallowed to leave the premises without staff being informed, including parental pickup.

All children must be signed out before leaving. Please take a moment to pick up any notices or artworkfrom your child’s cubby.If you are prevented from picking up your child on time,please call. An additional fee will be charged for excessive or reoccurring late pick up. If over ten minutes late, you will be charged $5 for every ten minutes late.

Parent Participation

Parents are always welcome at ourPreschoolers Workshops. Wehave an open door policy if you wish to just pop in for a moment and check on your child or drop something off. However, please keep drop-ins to a minimum and do not disrupt the class lessons or direct instruction. It affects all of the children when they frequently see parents coming and going. You may schedule a day to observe and volunteer with your child’s class any time.

Snack Time Policy

Parents will bring in snack once every 8 weeks for the entire class. A sign up sheet will be available at the beginning of each workshop. The specific snack you sign up for will align with allergies and healthy eating discussions, so please bring what you sign up for. Snack is served midway through the morning. Please bring enough for 30 students. Please have the snack prepared or the ability to do so quickly (depending on the nature of the items on your day). Children will always drink water at snack time. No juices or milk. Since the children are so active in our program, water is the best source of hydration. We will have a water cooler available to all of the children (with teacher assistance).

Please notify teachers and indicate on all medical forms if your child has any food allergies or special food needs. We will do our best to accommodate food allergies. However, you may need to send your child with an individual snack each day if there are special food concerns.

Ongoing Communication

Any time you need to speak with the Bounce n’ Boogie staff during the school day (for example, you will be late picking up your child, there is a family emergency, you need to give your permission for a different person to pick up your child at the end of the day, etc.), please call 205-6342 and leave a voice message (or text message!). (We may not answer the phone immediately since your children are our first priority). We will check messages throughout the day and return your call as soon as possible.

Open and honest communication is essential to a positive school experience for yourchild. Please let us know as soon as possible if there are any major changes in yourchild’s life, so we can be supportive at school. All information is confidential. We, inturn, will keep you informed of any events which may have been upsetting to yourchild in the program or any significant changes in the environment which mightaffect your child’s sense of well-being at school. We value your feedback and concernsand will do our best to facilitate daily communication so that we all can flourish in anatmosphere of honesty, integrity and kindness.

If you have a concern or suggestion, please speak to Emily or your child’s teacher at theend of the day, or call us later. Unfortunately, wewill not be able to have conversations with parents in the classroom when the PreschoolersWorkshopsare in session.

Separation issues

All children need to feel that their parent is confident that they will have a good time.

They need to know you have chosen a safe environment for them where they will playand learn. If children feel you are unsure, they will not feel safe about your leaving.

Oftentimes, children just love their parents so much and naturally feel sad whenseparated from them, especially in a new situation. Please always be up front withyour child when leaving and let them know when you are leaving. Be clear that youwill return after the class is over.

Health and Wellness

The best way to keep our students healthy is by keeping the illstudents at home. Please do not send your child to school if any of the following symptoms are present:

  • Fever
  • Diarrhea
  • severe rash
  • persistent cough
  • yellow or green mucus
  • vomiting
  • sore throat
  • pink eye
  • pinworms
  • lice
  • chicken pox
  • othercontagious illnesses

If your child comes to school with any of the above symptoms,we will call you to come immediately and take your child home. If your child becomesill with a communicable disease, please let us know right away so we can alert others.

If your child is not well enough to play, your child should not come toschool.

Medication (prescription or homeopathic)

Medication is administered only with the written consent of the parent. We will givethe medication at the requested time and will note the amount, time, date and persongiving the dosage on a form located in your child’s file. Do not put medication in yourchild’s back pack or lunch box, please always hand it directly to the child’s teacher.

Please note any allergies to medication on all admission forms.

Birthday Celebrations

We will celebrate all birthdays during snack time with a special birthday song. Feel free to send in a birthday snack for 16children which we will share at snack time. Please let us know a week in advance if youwould like to do this.

If your child is having a party outside of school hours, pleasesend all invitations to the children’s homes by mail (see the class list). You may distribute invitations in cubbies or to parents at pickup, ONLY if every child in the class is invited. Children withsummer or vacation birthdays are invited to choose another day during the year tocelebrate their birth.

Toys and Items from Home

Toys from home are hard to share and it is difficult to keep track of them. Please do not bring special toys (or sippy cups) from home.

Admission /Waiting List Procedures

You may pick up a registration form at Bounce n’ Boogie, or download materials from the website We will determine enrollmentbased on space availability. Any child whose registration formis received after the classhas reached maximum enrollment will be placed on the waiting list.Should an opening arise, the parent(s) will be contacted in the order inwhich the form was received. If the parent(s) can not be reached in a reasonable amount of time, the next nameon the list will be called. The child’s name will remain on the waiting list until he orshe is enrolled, the parent(s) requests that the child’s name be removed, or an openingoffer is refused.

Attendance & Notification of Absence

If you know in advance that your child is going to be absent for any reason, please notify the Bounce n’ Boogie, LLC staff with the dates/timeframes your child will be absent. It is not necessary to call in when your child is ill for the day.

Snow Days

Please listen to the radio or watch the TV for Albuquerque Public School delays and closings. If the Albuquerque Public Schools are closed, we are (most likely*) closed. If there is a 2-hour delay for the public schools we will be closed. If at anytime you feel unsafe to transport your child, please do not come to school that day. It is not our policy to conduct make-up snow days. However, we will decide, to the best possible scenario for adjusting on an as-needed basis.

*most likely: I’ve inserted this clause due to the closings that occurred last year because of the APS buses not being able to run. There are special circumstances that we would stay open when APS has posted a closing. PLEASE check for the official word on Workshop closings!!!

Fundraisers

We invite all parents to attend our fundraisers and hope everyonewill become involved as much as they can. We welcome any ideas you may haveregarding ways you can volunteer! No more than 1 fundraiser will be done each school year.

Discipline Philosophy

Consistent, respectful role modeling by adults along with respectful listeningand observing goes a long way toward creating a successful school environment. The teachers and parent volunteeractions, interactions, body language and voice level help to set the tone for arespectful classroom. The major focus for the adults is to encourage positive pro-socialbehaviors; respecting yourself and others, respecting the materials, respectingthe world around us.

We create an environment which is developmentally appropriate to the child’sneeds and is designed to support a child’s positive interaction with others and thematerials in a responsible way. A well-designed and well-equipped classroom helps toprevent frustration and hazards. In addition, our schedule provides enough timefor structured play, free play, creativity, a sense of security, and with little waiting.

We use positive reinforcement to encourage positive behaviors. We givechildren choices and help them develop tools to problem solve. Conflict resolution isa very important part of our school. We encourage children to voice their concerns,mediate conflicts, work toward compromise and help develop internal control. Youngchildren learn by experimenting, testing limits and experiencing the natural consequences oftheir behavior. Discipline is the external tool to help children develop internal control.

We will maintain a consistent discipline approach throughout the year.

The teachers job is to set clear limits that make sense to the age anddevelopmental stage of the child with whom we are interacting. When a child needs direct guidance we use:

  1. Problem solving- What can we do here? How can we make this better? What would happen if we…? We use and ask questions to encourage problem solving. Teachershelp children identify their needs, feelings, causes, alternatives and choices.
  2. Redirection- Suggest an alternative behavior/activity to the child which can change the focusfrom the current negative to a desired positive behavior. A child may needredirecting to a one-on-one interaction with a teacher, quiet sitting together androcking or reading. Sometimes children need to be encouraged to try and worktogether, “I wonder if the two of you can build a bridge together?”
  3. Natural and logical consequences- When possible, we allow children to experiencethe consequences of their actions directly related to the behavior; for example, if achild does not come to sit in circle when puppets are being handed out, they miss thechance to immediately hold a puppet.
  4. Focusing play- entering into play directly with the child and helping them refocuson ways to use the materials constructively.
  5. Using positive statements- Instead of saying, “Don’t throw the clay on the floor,”we would say, “Please keep the clay on the table.” When the children are usingmaterials appropriately, we would consistently say, “Look how well you all areworking with the clay and keeping it on the table!”

Behavior which is unacceptable is commonly the result of the child’s developmentalimmaturity. The staff work together to reinforce limits and teach alternatives.Acceptable behavior takes time to learn. Opportunities to problem solve are a part ofthe curriculum, both individually and together as a group.

We do not believe in the use of any kind of physical punishment or a time outroom. If a child needs to be separated from the group, s/he will be supervised by oneof the teachers. Children are not denied food, rest or bathroom as punishment.Toileting habits, or lack of, will never be a cause for punishment in any form.Children are not deprived of full participation in any significant portion of theprogram. Children will not be subjected to any form of emotional abuse, including name calling,ostracism, shaming, teasing, or using language that threatens, humiliates or frightensthe child. We welcome your suggestions as to the best way to support your child in the preschool environment as well.

When a child is not adjusting;

When the teachers feel that the usual methods of discipline are not effective or thechild’s peers feel unsafe or other children’s parents express valid concern to theteachers, the following procedure will be followed.

  1. The child’s behavior will be observed, recorded, dated and initialed by the staffmember(s) involved.
  2. Staff will meet with parents to discuss the behavior and develop a program plan tomeet the individual needs of the child in question.
  3. After one week, the teachers will again observe and record the behaviors. They willdiscuss with the parents the noted changes in the child’s behavior, and the teacherswill advise the parents if there has not been enough improvement. If substantialimprovement has not occurred, the teachers may then ask the parentsto disenroll the child. In the event that disenrollment occurs, the teachers will do theirbest to help the family find alternative programs or services.
  4. Any action taken regarding consultation of outside professionals will occur onlywith the written approval of the parents.

Withdrawal and Refund Policy

Bounce n’ Boogie, LLC charges a fee equal to 20% of the workshop tuition whenever a child is withdrawn or cancels out of the workshop prior to 5 days before the start date of the workshop. Tuition paid, minus the 20% fee, will be refunded if the Bounce n’ Boogie, LLC program director receives a request five business days prior to the first class date of the workshop. If a child is withdrawn from the workshop any time after 5 days prior to the start date of the workshop, a fee equal to 50% of the workshop tuition will be charged. Assessed from the notice of withdrawal date, any unused tuition paid, minus the 50% fee will be refunded. Scheduled Auto-Drafts will continue, with the amended amount due, until all tuition owed has been paid.